On Jan 13, 2010, at 2:37 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > On Jan 13, 2010, at 16:22, Joshua Root wrote: > >> On 2010-1-14 08:55 , Ryan Schmidt wrote: >>> >>> The terms of the GPL state that any later version may be used. >> >> No they don't. > > I was under the impression that they do. > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html > > Section 14 of the GPL v3 says: > > Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program > specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General Public License > “or any later version” applies to it
As it says above, projects opt into this by adding "or any later version". It is not automatic. -Bill _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
